Author Monnibo
I almost didn’t pick up this book becasue both the title and cover were unappealing for a YA novel.* However, I’m really glad I did. For Now is an interestingly written first-person account (by Jes) of a “blended” family —… Continue Reading →
My favourite LYS (and I mean super local) celebrated their 2nd Year Anniversary this weekend. Back in March, my sister gave me a gift certificate to the LYS for my birthday. So, gift certificate in hand, boyfriend in tow, I… Continue Reading →
Charlie Asher is a regular guy (the “beta-male”) who is married to the love of his life, and they’re expecting a baby on the way. But just after the birth of dear Sophie, his wife Rachel dies, and when “death”… Continue Reading →
The fourth, and final, installment in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series was a huge disappointment to me. Meyer isn’t a particularly fabulous writer but she managed to hook onto a great story idea. The idea captured both YA and adult readers,… Continue Reading →
Whether you usually read off of your own book pile or from the library shelves NOW, chances are you started off with trips to the library. What is your earliest memory of a library? Who took you? Do you have… Continue Reading →
I was having a pretty crappy Friday so my best friend and I went to the movies together. It was a perfect way to cheer me up — I found myself grinning through the movie (Mamma Mia! if you hadn’t… Continue Reading →
This was an amazingly written story of Ishmael’s childhood in Sierra Leone. It really opened my eyes — I didn’t realize that child soldiers, hopped up on drugs and other things, were forced to fight and kill just to stay… Continue Reading →
Okay, so I haven’t been “into” the last couple of Booking Through Thursdays; yesterdays was about the Olympics/sports, which I’m not exactly into. I like watching some events but I think I’ve watched a grand total of 30 minutes; last… Continue Reading →
Michelle recently posted about her friend’s 7-year-old son who has an inoperable tumor on his brain stem. His name is Luke and he’ll be going in for radiation treatment soon. Michelle wanted to knit him a lovely blanket, but of… Continue Reading →
When you (avid knitter and blog-visitor) saw this post title, you were thinking, “Yay! Some honest to goodness knitting content! Finally she has an FO to show off!” I’m sorry; you are wrong. I merely wrote up a pattern that… Continue Reading →
Alice Hoffman is a really neat writer. Her style is simplistic yet detailed, YA yet complex, blunt yet beautiful. I would definitely like to read more books by her. Local Girls follows the story of Gretel Samuelson through her difficult… Continue Reading →
The cover copy selected by Random House doesn’t explain the book very well and doesn’t do the story justice. The easy way to explain the book is: It’s 1988 in Pakistan and we are following the stories of two characters:… Continue Reading →
To be honest, I’m not much one for current poetry. I’m more into the 17th century literature poetry… but Rita Wong is a good writer. Some of the poems I had trouble following, but several of them are responses to… Continue Reading →
What are your favourite first sentences from books? Is there a book that you liked specially because of its first sentence? Or a book, perhaps that you didn’t like but still remember simply because of the first line? I don’t… Continue Reading →
Do you buy books while on vacation/holiday? Do you have favorite bookstores that you only get to visit while away on a trip? What/Where are they? Yes — I bring books on vacation to read. I bring books nearly everywhere… Continue Reading →
Conceit by Mary Novik is a fictional novel that takes place in 17th-century London during the time of John Donne. The novel follows the story of Donne’s daughter, Pegge, as it explores the magnificent yet lewd poetry of “Jack” Donne… Continue Reading →
Porcupine by Meg Tilly is a YA Novel following the story of Jack (Jaqueline) and her younger brother and sister, Tessa and Simon. After their father is killed by “friendly fire” in Afghanistan, their mother falls to pieces and stops… Continue Reading →
I finished this sometime last week, which seems like ages ago, but with starting my new job (yay!) and the lovely weekend (photos soon), I simply forgot to write this up (oops). It was not for the dislike of the… Continue Reading →
Confessor is the final installment of the eleven-novel Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind. To recap: The Sword of Truth Series is an epic fantasy story revolving around Richard, who grew up without magic. Through a series of complicated… Continue Reading →
Evan & I went to go see Sex and the City the movie on Monday night, assuming that it wouldn’t be as busy as it was the opening weekend. Evan wanted to go to the new-ish theatre downtown but the… Continue Reading →
The scene is set on the weeks leading up to the next Presidential election (how fitting), with Senator Sexton attacking the current President’s funding decisions, particularly NASA. In another part of the story, we are drawn to the Arctic, where… Continue Reading →
You probably haven’t seen Chico the Chinchilla as often as Henry the cat, but that’s because chinchilla’s are quick and don’t photograph as well. But it’s great to have a video of the little guy! This is him taking a… Continue Reading →
“In the tunnel where I was raped, a tunnel which was once an underground entry to an amphitheter, a place where actors burst forth from underneath the seats of a crowd, a girl had been murdered and dismembered. I was… Continue Reading →
As soon as I finished New Moon, I picked up Eclipse and started reading. It was nearly 4 am before I could put it down! Eclipse picks up where New Moon left off, yet explains things briefly for readers just… Continue Reading →
I just stormed right through this novel, and loved it. New Moon is the second book in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. (Read my post about Twilight here). New Moon begins with Bella reluctantly celebrating her 18th birthday, as Edward’s eternal… Continue Reading →
